Med Ed 101

MARCH 22, 2017

A 79 year old female has a medical history of hypertension, atrial fibrillation, falls with orthostatic hypotension, osteoarthritis, depression and anxiety, constipation, COPD and insomnia. Her current medication list includes: Warfarin (goal INR 2-3) Metoprolol tartrate 25 mg BID Losartan 100 mg daily Lasix […].

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Med Ed 101

AUGUST 30, 2023

In this polypharmacy case study, we review a medication list and try to identify areas to reduce medications and avoid adverse reactions. EK is a 66-year-old female with a past medical history of insomnia, diabetes, GERD, hypertension, hyperlipidemia, obesity, recurrent UTI, and osteoarthritis.

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PQA

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

The September 14, 2023, PQA Quality Essentials Webinar welcomed members of PQA’s Performance Measurement team and speakers from Kaiser Permanente to discuss strategies to improve medication safety through reduction of polypharmacy in older adults.

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Hospital Pharmacy Europe

JANUARY 18, 2023

Topics included the challenges of managing multimorbidity and frailty, medication errors and appropriate medicines’ use. Polypharmacy and multimorbidity are closely interlinked, according to Graziano Onder (Director of the Department of Cardiovascular, Endocrine-metabolic Diseases and Ageing, Italian National Institute of Health).

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Med Ed 101

MAY 17, 2020

Chronic conditions, polypharmacy, and drug interactions are a few of the many complications. Multiple Medication Changes As I reveiw a patient’s medication list, I review recent changes that have been made. Geriatrics can get very complicated very fast. The more changes that […].

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The deprescribing.org Blog

JULY 21, 2021

Katharina Jungo (University of Bern, Switzerland) summarizing key findings from her recent PhD dissertation that explored ways to optimize medication use in older people with multimorbidity and polypharmacy. High utilization and costs of potentially inappropriate medications in older adults with multimorbidity and polypharmacy.

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Med Ed 101

JULY 21, 2019

Phenytoin drug interactions are common in our polypharmacy patient. The key is to monitor patients closely as well as carefully reviewing the medication list when a new medication is going to be started or changed. Fluconazole and […].

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